East Germany Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts and general information and about the former country known as East Germany.

NAME IN ENGLISH: German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
ALSO KNOWN AS: East Germany
ESTABLISHED: October 7, 1949
UNIFIED WITH WEST GERMANY: October 3, 1990
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: German and Sorbian
LOCATION: southwest section of the now-unified Germany
CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY: East Berlin
NOTE: formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II

Tourism:
- urbanks.co.uk - cold war sites in former east germany
- wikipedia.org - tourism in east germany - article

Foods:
wikipedia.org - german cuisine - category

Facts
- BBC Germany Timeline
- World Fact Book 1990 East Germany Profile
- wikipedia.org - east germany - main article
- wikipedia.org - history of germany 1945-1990 - article
- wikipedia.org - east germany - more articles
- wikipedia.org - east germany - category
- wikipedia.org - east germany - lists
- wikipedia.org - east germany - portal

Countries Bordering the Former East Germany:
| Czechoslovakia | Poland | West Germany |

Bodies of Water Bordering the Former East Germany:
- Baltic Sea